Monday, March 17, 2008

The sweet and lovely Emiline is hosting her first food event: St. Paddy's Day Pub Crawl!!I’m not Irish like her, but I do have my share of Italian/German/Portuguese blood and I like some alcohol sometimes. :)

It took me a while to decide what to prepare for the event (today is the deadline to take part in it) because I wanted something with a Brazilian feel. Finally, I went for these caipirinha truffles (the ones I had previously in mind when I made these).

I think the truffles are OK, but not as good as I expected. The cachaça flavor was strong and I think some lime juice would have worked well to replace part of the liquor.

Combine chocolate, zest and cream in a heatproof bowl; place it over a saucepan of gently simmering water.

Stir until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat, add the cachaça and mix vigorously until mixture is silky and smooth. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until firm enough to form balls.

Scoop out rounded teaspoons of the mixture (while it’s still cold and firm) and form balls – you don’t want your truffles to be perfectly rounded. Roll the truffles in cocoa powder and place in small fluted paper cases or on a plate. Keep refrigerated.

* Once again, I used a type of cream we have here that is packaged in small Tetra Pak boxes; it contains 25% fat. I did it to avoid wasting an almost full jar of heavy cream.

Even though I'm not really into boozy chocolates I'm sure I'll love these! I love caipirinha and I love white chocolate, really great idea to make them into truffles! I'm bookmarking this one and when I make them I'll try with some lime juice...

Wow. I haven't read any food blogs in a little while, and I can't believe I missed these! I was dying for you to try these when you made the lemon truffles a while back. Sooooo excited & now I'll really have to go hunting some cachaca to try them out!

Hi, my name is Caroline Macedo and i'm from Brazil. I'm leaving in São Paulo city... i know your blog and i loved, i am doing many of your prescriptions. ?My inglish is not very good, but i just say at your blog it's so lovely. I go doing your caipirinha truffles because hear have many cachaça for this prescription. (smile)Thank you so much and i go visit blog all day. Bye.Um grande beijo!(kisses)